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A' .1 ARRIVED I Waterford. • 1.) UR— I Waterford. PI? ICE OE ST ( )CIC.S THfs /)AV AT TW . r''.!LOCK Consols - _ 69 1 d Omniurn E S V N. SOLEM QUIS DICfRE FAI.SUNI AUDEAT ? L 0-N . D 0 Al, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1810. We have been favoured with the following cor respondence betwgen the Marquis WELLESLEY and Mr. PINCKNEY, relative to the blockade of the French Ports, and Some letters from General ARM- , STRONG; the American AmbassadOr at Paris. stricti:•a of that nrl...r. No .other bloek:ide of the ports . of Franue was instituted by Great Britain be tween the.l6tn of May, 1806, and the 7th of Janu ar'y 1807, 'excepting the blockade of Venice, insti ttved on 'the 27th of July 1806, which is still in force. - I I beg you to accept the assurances of high consi. deration, with which I have the honour to be, Sir, your Inuit obedient hunthle Servant, • , (Signed) WELLESLEY. . 1 William Pinckney, Esti. &c. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROl+4 GENERAL ARMSTRONG L/ILTXCII OF THE Qt;ELV CIP/IRLOTM. The ceremony of launching a first-rate of the Br i. tish Navy h as b een always-an interesting sight to the Public, but we never remember so general and s° fervent a c ur i : , s i ty as prevailed on the occasion 0 , yesterday. W gave some account of the intende d launch some days ago, and we are happy in sa'3 4 ng that all our expeaations respethug the merits of t ll ' structure, and the pl easure w hi c h t h e nveciade would • attbrd, were yesterday completely fulfilled. , At an early hour the road leading to Deptforn displayed a line of carriages of every ilescripilot's-, from the landau of 'fashion to the tax-cart Iron' Kept -street. The ,pedestrians also, fnrmed a ma's: not unlike a flock of swallows ieady for emigration,: Orders had been given at the ayck-yard not to mit the Public till half past one o'clock"; however, procured admission earlier. ance of the launch, decorated with flags , anti ti'. . British, Spani,h, American, and other vessels their ,coldurs hoisted, produced a charming etle l from :he heights in the vicinity of Deptford ; 10( the scene when the' speaators approached the badr-s of the River, was beautiful beyond description. The Thames was burdened by; bnats,full of ele' • gant company.. Gay streamers were seen in ever dkodion; and the rigging .of v(ss.2l on tnSt pert, of the River was covered , t2j; seamen, dressz:d 11 ; their best jackets and trowseis.- Several. yachts 00 9 pleasure-boats were covered with awnings for t!'e,. accommodation of Ladies, attired in all the beau I't costume of summer. Over some of these was nis; tended the Standard of England, in horionr of severe' illustrious spectators. The Duke and Duchess of York appened 111 barge ;. the. Dukes of Camtnidge, :Gloacester, out: Sussex, were also on the River. Several. Lords 0 ' the Admiralty came down in their barge—the Lord• Mayor in his barge, and, in sh6nt, the River ( 1,5 ' played a spectacle of grandeur and - beauty seldom seen. The display in the. Dock-yard was not leis interes►ing. By ,one o'clock an Immense 1)04 01 , per Sons arrived. - - T i NAVAL NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 17.—aitne in this day hi Najesty's ship Protector from a cruize; and the lie liance, BEALE, from Waterford, with provisions for Ibis port. Sailed his Majesty's ship Implacable for Cadiz. Atijestr's ship Sarpedon on a cruiz; and Speed , .. well,- PA R SONS, for Wa;erford. His Majesty's ship Lion, of 64 guns, is eXpetied to sail, with the Persian Atnbasador on board, im mediately the wind will all Ow. 'His Majesty's ship . Sc . ylla; appointed convoy for the Downs; it is expelled, will sail to•morrow TO MR. SMITH, DATED PARIS, 4TH APRIL, 1810. After seven weeks detention in England, the John Adams has at length got back to France : she arrived in the,Reads of Havre the 28th ult. I in formed: M. CHAMPAGNY, first, that 111 r. PINCKNEY mom GENERAL ARMSTRONG TO AIR. PINIcKNEY: had not been able to send, by this conveyance, the .. . Paris,' fart;2s, 18fo. . I result of his applications to tie Btitish Government, A letter from Mr. Secretary SMITH of the Ist of concerning the blockades 'prior to the Berlin Deeee, December last, made,it•my duty to inquire of his but, that he hoped to be able to send it ,in Excellency the Duke of Capoaa,' what were the a few days •by another conveyance ; and, se conditions on which his Majesty the Emperor would , condly, thist if he, lila CHAMPAGNY, had any annul his Decree, commonly called the Berlin De- fling to cc mmueicate which would have the el ' • cree ; and whether if Great Britain revoked her feat of changing the present relatio - ns between the b' , ckades of a date anterior to that Decree,- his ' two countries, and which lie wished to be early Majesty would consent to revoke the said Decree ? known to the Government of the Upitesl States, lie to these questions I have this day received the fol- would do well to let me know it within 24 hours, as lowing answer, which I hasten to convey to - you .: the messenger would leave Paris within that time. by a special messenger. I To this m essage I rece i ve d the following answer, ANSWER. -- 'I that "for many days pa s t not hi ng i n t h e nature of " Tbe only conditio n r equ i re d f or t h e revocation buSiness, and unconnected witlethe marri age o f t h e , Emperor, would' be transad e d,, an d t h at f or some bY his Majesty the Emperor of the D e cree of Ber- days to co m e til e same cause of delay would Con lin, will-be a previous re v o c a ti on by t h e B r i t i s h G o- time; that my - letters 'were still bef o r e th e v-rnment of her blockades o f F rance or part of Emperor, and th at h e - wou ld se i ze an opporttnity France (such as that fro m the. Elbe to Brest, ere.), ... of a date a of getti ng some d ec i s i on i n relation to them. " —ThuS anterior of the aforesaid D-eree.—l have every thing is y e t in id le see the hihnour to be, with ve r y high respect, &c. ,you , . 1 • (Signed) " JOHN ARMSTRONG." i' EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM GENERAL ARMSTRONG —...... , , • TO MR. SMIT H , 'DATED PAR IS , APR IL 7 , 1810. (COPY.)—Creat Cumberland. place, Feb. 13, ar o . . . The Emperor l e ft P ar i s two d ays ego f or St. Cloud, MY LORD—In pursua nce o f th e i nt i mat i on wh i ch 1 - , whence he goes to Corupeigne, where he asill re- 1. I bad the lymour to give to your Lordship a few daya ? main till ' • Vice. .' • • main ttll Easter. It is not probable that I shall _ _______ e _. . . . In addition to these stages, occupied by the friend; ago, I beg to trouble your Lordship with an inquiry have an answer to my•propositions till he returns to ,! The Molly, of Montrose, Ca rain LYALL, from of the Workmen, two elegant stands were .rnadeclos e whether any, and if any, what blockades of France, p ar • s• ' Dublin to Lynn, was boarded, ins- the mornieg, of the i The day before he set out he gave me a ' •to the'slip for thereception of the fashionables. Th" instituted by Great Britain during the present War, • . . 6th Inst. by a Danish sloop-rigged prieateer from , inside was lined with thes!andard of England the tol ) . ship to carry myself and faintly to the United States. North Bergen, about seven miles to, the southward, .rod the back were of can , . as, and the pill co% ere d before thetst day of January, 1807, are understood, The Minister reComrnended that I should not pin of the &chariness. The privateer' mounted te guns, by sieiaal flags of vai ions colours. 'Part of the stand, . . - by his Majesty's Government to be in force. lam ' had two white paint strokes, and a Inge. flyttia ji. nt.xt tlte. wiler on , lie right side of 'the ship waser , . myself down to a day as to departure, as circuits- , , The Otficer who boarded , the ii.bilizi 'titcl Ca b pitito : . ' ropr i ate 'd I ', (1;', Admiralty, Nee„i and m,i i , far y Of - DOI able arpreient to specify more than one of the , . . . stances might Make it proper for me to stey some LYALL, that he had captured' eight vessels of various blockades to which this inquiry applies • namely, t , , descriptiens ; but on finding that, the .carg. ficers, and the friends - of Ihe Coitanissionst occuptLd , • , • .a • ' - wnat longer than I now intended. The treat}; tie- o of the • ..• ilse tern. • ela fa TI . d I l ''' %"" 4 - . , lin er s -:... it._ .)c star. on tle ot ier s,oe , that from the Elbe to Brest, declared in Max, 1806,. ' tvveen Fiance and Holland was ratified the 30th 11,ally WAS not of great value a nd on Ca pt.. LY . A1.14-, divi . .tled in cue :saints manner between the friends or and afterwards limited and modified; but I shall be March, and will be published this day. , giving him seven guineas, soda - few se:l . -charts, 'he the' principsl Utlicera Of the Yard and the Navel 0 1 " allowed him to 'proceed. The prisetteer, it Wes suiei fleets. : , mod! obliged to your'Lordship for precise infol ma- i - . , eA R is, Aprl 16. . posed, wa s on taejooksouefor the herneward-bound •• , A Strom , tietacliment.Of the TOwer Hamlets Mi' • i • e lion as to the whole. e ,. ! SIR,--The John Adams being yet detained, lam Greerdandmen. . . ' ' litia vs ere'sfationed. at the'Doek Y,ird gates, and . I ' t : W. PINCKNEY. I , The If agram, a ship of *I2Q giVis h 'ls lately been . _the pEdillg WhiCli sUrreunded tlie ! ile:ad ot the Lartio' , The Most Noble the Marquii%Vellesley, &c. .&c. i atle to inform Jou, that on the ilth instant the Ern- launched at Toulon ; the Queen Charlotte letniChed , where ' win' they -had .orders.to keep out all, persons I peror directed the sale of all the American vessels yesterday at Deptford, cal ries the carne number of ' did not produce , a ticket -from' the- • ollieee •of the SIR, Foreign_mikc, March 2 - . X ; taken in the ports of Spain, and that the mon e y aril- guns. A s both are on .an equality:in point of birth e;guard. • : I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt o ,in g therefrom, should be placed in his caisse privet, and rank, we trust that they may ahortlY: meet to , your note of the 15th ult. inquiring whethereny e and i He has also -refused to give up the Fero, end has or-. n i eg ; ociate upon the existing. difterences besti.yeen Tlie - 12deen Char - 79 - Ik , presented a fine appearanc e , as she, rested 'on the slip. The British ensigns, an", tater respettive countries. If they meet, We liave ath e anags were distended over her decks. ',o. bean if any, what blockades of France, instituted by Great : dered that the case be brought before the Council of no doubt brit that the .one would bring theother `• Wail'. bust of the Queen, placed at her head, wasabe Britain during the present War, before-the Ist day of , Prizes, where condemnation necessarily awaits it. I- to terms, and th e ip agram m i g ht possitily come,. - as • admiration of 'every - Sp ' ectatOre ..Several wonien i . 0 3, far at Deptford to ratify t h e treaty.. - .. ' . s . beard ventured to 'throw -their arms round t;er Ale January, f 807, are understood by hiSMajestas's Go- ! . . send a copy of a note upon which this last order was An article from the Madras CourierExtrarrdiriaxy j est ,' 7 • , ). s neck, and kiss the-ornamen , 11110 t • king bio vernment to be in force ? I have now,the honoer to ' taken, anotnerreiating to our business at Naples ; which stated the receipt of a letter from Goa, an- • • ings at the same time on their Queen. Every oh acquaint you, that the coast, .rivers, and ports from and s am, Sir, with very high consideration, server was struck with the msenitude of the shiP , your nouucing the arrival Of the Lady jane Dundas and' : b. the river Elbe to Brest, both inclusive, were notified i *most obedient and very humble servant. " . Tap e Duchess (f, Gordon, at Rio Janeiro, after. hay-. when they cast their eyes upwards from under 0 1 ° ins suffered severely -its, a gale of wind which`se to be under the restrictions of blockade, with certain I JOHN ARMSTRONG, bows ; but if the fore part excited admiration, the Non. lt. Smith, itse. parated them from the fleet, appeared in our Paper !stern was not less entitled to praises modifications, on the t6;11 of May, 1806 ;• and that of Saturday.-- s We regret to find that .no confirms- The: French ships.have been extolled for thereat- , these restriations were afterwards comprehended in ; .- ! lion of this account, nor indeed any intelligetice ' e , Dispatches were yesterday received from Lord whatever of 'these valuable Indiamen, so long miss, ness of their sterns; 'but the stern of this ship hes a the Order of Council of the 7th of January, 1807, , ts , peculiar neatness, which cannot fail to please, be - . WELLINGTON • they were brou ht b C 3 t BURGH sin has he n received at the India Hous i ' - gy P • , g , e . a- As cause it is without uselessand.unmeaning ornaneot which Order is still in forces' 1 one of his Lordship's Aids-de-Camp ; they are dated many vessel s have arrived in England from Rio Ja- Thesides were•streaked black, and the whole beiee (Signed) WELLES:LEY. r 1 the 4th inst. The British Army still retained its oa neiro, _which sailed subsequent to the alleged ar- : fresh painted, appeared.an object worthy minute et ' ' William Pinckney, Esq. .• anion, and it was not expected that an action would brought ally account of or from them, Or either of About ten minutes before two o'clock, this itil (COPY.)—Crest Comberhind Place;.7th March,' Otto. take place for some tune, 's a. we understand that - them, we fear that noicredit is doe to the statement ' rnense fabric began to Move wnh a progressive' Ma Leito—l have had the hpnoursto receive your i made in the illadras Courier Extraordinary, Lord WELLINGTON did not deem it ex '' pedient to unless • velocity, which produced a grand effea. The ea .- ! • . • the writer meant that the tea vessels had arrived, perierice and ability of our duck-yard men almost Lordship's answer of the 2d inst. to m letter of the ' ' ‘ Y. , advance for the purpose of endeavouring 1 , 0 relieve at Goa,,anch not at Rio Janeiro, and if such be the : I eth of last month concerning the blockades of Ciudad Roderigo, because in that case he would true construction, some hope of the safety of these , preclude the possibility of any miscarriage, and we are happy to say there never was a finer launch• France instituted by. Great Britain during the pare- I 1 , k . have to attack an army immensely superior in num- • sent war before the first. day of January: i 807. 1 - hers. We therefore fear that rotwithstanding the The letters brought by the Lisbon Mail are, we f the ae lied the strong m ec e an i ca l power o te screw infer from that answer that the blockade notified by gallant defence of the garrison' of that place, its fall . are sorry t . a, observe, far front being satisfact or y. . she glided into the River, amid:it reiterated plaudil e a ... . The following is an extract from one of them:— Loin a body of spectators which we cannot clam) • Great Britain' in May 1806, from the Elbe to Brest, • cannot be long 'delayed. MASSENA will then pro " I IsBoN, JULY 8.--It is feared that Ciudad Ro- • •rate, There amid not have been less than 50,00 0 . Isefor itself in force, and iliac the restrictions, which a a ely. a 1 1 i -•- • s a drieo if not already fallen - must very* soon surren:- ttempt the 100 invasion of roma- 0 ' ! The effect at that moment, nay be better "conceived it established, rest altogether, so far as* stitch restric gal. Whether - Lord IeVELLINOTONwiII risk a battle than expressed: The Ladies stood u witted theif der to 'lie superior force of the eney. The intel- ;. . . P , lions exist at this time, upon an Order or Orders in , ligence from its neighbourhood is only up to th e handkerchiefs, ,Ge.ntlemen their hats, and every in his present position, yr whether he ! will deem it 3d, when the. biavery of the garrison had been , voice was exeilted, while three bands of music structa Council issued since the Ist day of den vary, •1807.• I advisable to fall * back ; .we cannot undertake to de- particularly displayed. On .the night of the 29th, up Rule Britannia. ' , , infer also either that no other blockade of France s ; • s „ , the town was set on fire in several places by red hot !. The immersion produced a swell arid attras9ieal • termitic ; but we may rest assured, mat urnatever was instituted by Great Britain- during the period can be etre& dby skill dII for the balls, but not much damage ,was done. On the e an ga away, defence 30th June, a sortie that the garrison made injured ' "which neally ( proved fatal to• several is-berries. It did not appear that :the boats had been sufficiently above-mentioned, or that, it any other was institnted of that kinedotn, will be effected by Lord WEL- them considerably, and they were repulsed with warned of her approach, and it was, with the great during that period; it is noenow in force. May I m • by • • A 10iti. Tie lines of the enemy are, in some places, est difficuliy they escaped.. Two boats m,eie lA' LINGTON. . ASSENA, it appears an intercepte d , rlii aro yards of the walls, and their batteries f i , t r y I _ortsna_e. upset, but the passengers were taken beg your Lordship to do me the honour to inform Letter, expected that the British army would have aa- of lAl - heavy n''' • -' unhurt. up , . .‘ ordnance gaily make breaches. The tine- me whether these inferences are Corre6, and, if in- * vanced for the purpose of relieving Ciudad Roderigo, emy every night, has some new work of annoyance. ' . Having Orifice' some •detencs, the anchor ea ,, s • correct, ill what respects they are so. erected. • • • i dropped, and she retnaiped in e-catty.. and made his preparations accordingly.—The Mar- • (Signed) , WAI.sPINCKNEY. ' "We have nothing very recent from head-guar- ! The launch sees • detained sonie time for the To the I'vlost Nobie the Nlar q ui s W e ll es l ey , &c . &c. , quis de R OMANA h as h i d an i nterv i ew with Lord tors ; Lord Wnoelliton was tr ave lli ng ab out. t he Princess of Wale:), who wiis expected bur did not z, Weeeraoross. H e remained at the British camp country from Celerico through Vizeo, Guards, and arrive till' nearly an hour after tlie (queen Chat lofie other places. Fears were e n terta i ne d f or t h e sa f ety .: went off the slip. Her It o yal 1 - liginie,s and suite. for two days, and th e n returne d to B a d a j os, There is no intelligence of any importance from of General Hill's 10,000 Men, and the Marquis 'of • remained there some time ai l terwaids in a Wrge, in Rornana's 9000 Spaniards, as we learn that , about : which, she Was steered by Captain Rogers, of the the vicinity of Cadiz, but we trust we shall soon '5,000 French have taken thee direction, The skira ' navy. The Right fiJn. Charles Yorke christenett bear some gratifying news f rom th at quarter, as there mishing between the Outp osts c ont i nues, and the the Queen, Charlott . e, by the usual c er e mon y 0t is every reason to b e l i e ve th at a com bi ne d attack will . success is invariably attrib ute d t o t h e British.; but throwing a bottle of wine agsainsi her bows. 4ord, , tnese engagemeirs are of no compa ra t ive conse - d Hoed was present. M r . Sh er id an ; cu a party 0; shortly. be made upon the besieging army. The quence. , - ' „_ friends, arrived just in time to see the launch. Mr- French seem indeed to b e a pp re h ens i ve o f an attack, r" The greatest a n x i e ty i s ex p resse d i n t hi s city, 4W. ' Smith, M.P. and t wo L a di es , i nspe c te d the for they have constructed i mmens e wor k s, which as every day a d re adf u l b a ttl e seems near at hand, ship before ;she went off the slip. appear to be calcalated rathe r f or t h e the result of which will de c id e t h e f ate o f Portugal., , All the fashionable and ge ntee l folks,about Lou'' e . purpose of de- Every necessary articl e i s • c h ea p, an d a great quan- ' don and its ens irons were present. The earriage S fence than of offence, City of bread and flour has been conveyed to head- , extended near 'a mile from the dock -gates. Butt quarters. Many officers of . the Commissariat have : A very considerable supply of arms have been-re- lane contained - one complete line from the Ducl een here making preparations. Lord WELLlNG ceived in Gallicia,. amounting we behove to 12,000 'TON •is extremely- attentive to this part of the 'yard Id the Greenwich-road, and musi ot the streets stand. - duty." chicks - la- Deptford X.;;ere filled by S of ev e ry d esc rip- .` buff. 'The road exhibited a uuwber of haekuey amid morning. PLYMOUTH, JULY 16.-A fleet from Oporto pass ed up the Channel yesterday. Sailed his Majesty's ship lireadtiought, Rear- Admiral SOTHEBY, Captain COLLARD, for Basque Roads, to relieve the Scipion ; Acieon, Lord Viscount NEVILLE, for the East ladies, ar:d Gleaner, to the Westward. • ,Arrived the ship ,Ocean, of London, FEACY, from Quebec, with masts for. the Dock-yard. FALMOUTH, JULY 15.—Sailedihe Princess Char lotte Packet for Lisbon. DEAL, JULY 17.—Tile outward-bound have,again sailed to the Westward, under convoy of .the Kite of war; also the Theseus and 11/far/borough men of war on a crutze off Flushing. ' DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. Persian, for the 'ThaMes (recapture), on board, at Ports— mouth, on the illth instant ; recalled at No. I I, Cecil -street. Eurydice, for the Ann, on the 24th instant, at N. iB, ! Clement's-inn ; recalled on Tuesdays and i'rid a y s . King George Cutter, tor `a vanish Gulliot without - a name, on board, ''at Yarmouth,' on the I,9th instant ; recalled at No. 13, Clement's-inn. Blonde, for the tanrumney (recapture), on the 17th in— stant, at. No. 3, Philpot lane; recalled on 'Tuesdays and days. I Eclipse, for the Hercules and D o b r id ge ( recapturesl, on l the 3d of August, at No. 18, Great Georp-street, West ) micster ; recalled same place. - Lightning, for the De Hoop, on board, at Portsmouth, on the •18th instant ; recalled as above. 'I he Fleet under the command of the late Lord Nelson,lbr five Spanish vessels captured in the months of Noveluberand December 1804, at No: 23, Noaolk4street, Strand. Every position which commandeJ.a view of the 'launch was sobn occupied. The Gaia:ea, a tte'v frigate, and other ships building in the yard, "were covered by the multhude. Miiny of the s uperior artists belonging to, the Dock-yard had been perintt ted to erect platforms and galleries for the evnvent ence of their fiends, an indulgence not hefoN granted, and, which cannot fail to attach those oar ployea under the Master Builder in na%;.l archi tecture, both to then principal and the public bey Foreign Office, March 26, dro. Sfit,—l have the .honour to acknowledge the re- :;pt of your letter of the 7th instant, requesting a urther explanation of my letter of the 2d, concern ing the blockades o France instituted by Gi - eat Bri fain during the present war, before the first of Ja nuary 1807. The blockade, notified by Great Britain in May, 1 - 0(.3, has never been formally withdrawn ; it can liot• therefore be accurate!y stated that the restric tions which it established, rest altogether on the Order of Council of the 7th ofJanuary, 1807 ; they are comprehended u3der the ruor4 extensiYe l re- *